Paper-fastener



N0. 6l7,453. Patented Jan. [0, I899.

T. F. WELCH.

PAPER FASTENEB.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ZZZZZQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. VVELCH, OF SOUTHINGTON, ONNECTI OUT.

PAPER-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,453, dated January 10, 1899.

Application filed December 29, 1897. Serial No. 664,257. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. WELOH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Southington, in the Stateof Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the drawings filed herewith.

My invention relates to paper-fasteners, and has for its object, among others, to provide a cheap means of fastening together several sheets of paper which may be easily and quickly applied thereto and which will not injure the same; and it consists in the improvement hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 shows the preferred form of my fastener. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show successive steps in applying this embodiment of my invention to the corners of several sheets of paper.

The preferred form of my invention consists of a split ring-shaped piece of linen, paper, or other analogous material, as shown in Fig. 1, provided on one side with an adhesive coating. In fastening several sheets of paper together by the corners the fastener is first applied to the outside sheet, as shown in Fig. 2. It is then bent around the edge of the sheets and passed across the back of the lower sheet, as shown in Fig. 3. The fastener on account of its curved outline will when bent over the edge lie on the lower sheet in a position substantially parallel to its position on the upper sheet and will then appear at the upper edge of the paper substantially overlying itself, as shown in Fig. 3. The corners of the sheets are then folded over, as shown in said figure, and the end of the fastener brought down over them, substantially overlying itself, as before explained and as shown in Fig. 4, and again bent over the left-hand edge. The sheets are thus securely fastened together without perforating or otherwise injuring them and in a neat manner, as the fastener may and should be closely folded over each edge. A straight piece of material, if folded over and substantially returned upon itself, as specified, could not be folded neatly over the edges of the sheets, but would leave unsightly projections at those places.

The fastener may be made of brass or other metal or material or in the form of a spiral or a segment of any of the above forms; but I do not confine myself to the particular form, materials, or manner of applying my invention herein disclosed, as many variations in the same will occur to any observant user of the same without departing from my inven* tion but What I claim, and desire to secure by Let= ters Patent, is-

1. As a paper-fastener, a thin strip of pliable material in the form of a split ring, adapted, when neatly folded over the corner of the paper to substantially overlie itself.

2. As a paper-fastener, a split ring of thin, pliable material coated on one side with an adhesive substance, and adapted when neatly folder over the corner of a paper, to substantially underlie itself.

3. As a paper-fastener, a thin strip of pliable material regularly curved in shape and having ends detached from each other, and adapted, when folded over the edges of the corner of apaper, to substantially underlie itself.

THOMAS F. WELCH.

Witnesses:

MARCUS H. HoLooME, EDWIN G. LEWIS. 

